Lightfoot Solomon Michaux

Lightfoot Solomon Michaux
Michaux in 1937
Born(1885-11-07)November 7, 1885
Newport News, Virginia
DiedOctober 20, 1968(1968-10-20) (aged 82)
Washington, D.C.
Resting placePleasant Shade Cemetery
SpouseMary Eliza Pauline (m. 1906)

Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (November 7, 1885 – October 20, 1968) was an African-American evangelist. Michaux was an early pioneer in radio and television evangelism, an innovative real estate developer, an astute businessman, a newspaper publisher, restaurateur, and FBI collaborator. He founded seven East Coast Church of God congregations. He was also the founder of the National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America, an 1100-acre farm on the James River in James City County, Virginia.

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